[House Report 117-692]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Union Calendar No. 508
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 117-692
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REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES
of the
SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE
UNITED STATES CAPITOL
of the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
during the
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
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December 30, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
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SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE UNITED
STATES CAPITOL
Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi, Chairman
Liz Cheney, Wyoming, Vice Chair
Zoe Lofgren, California
Adam B. Schiff, California
Pete Aguilar, California
Stephanie N. Murphy, Florida
Jamie Raskin, Maryland
Elaine G. Luria, Virginia
Adam Kinzinger, Illinois
COMMITTEE STAFF
David B. Buckley, Staff Director
Kristin L. Amerling, Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel
Hope Goins, Senior Counsel to the Chairman
Joseph B. Maher, Senior Counsel to the Vice Chair
Timothy J. Heaphy, Chief Investigative Counsel
Jamie Fleet, Senior Advisor
Timothy R. Mulvey, Communications Director
Candyce Phoenix, Senior Counsel and Senior Advisor
John F. Wood, Senior Investigative Counsel and Of Counsel to the Vice
Chair
Katherine B. Abrams, Staff
Associate
Temidayo Aganga-Williams, Senior
Investigative Counsel
Alejandra Apecechea, Investigative
Counsel
Lisa A. Bianco, Director of Member
Services and Security Manager
Jerome P. Bjelopera, Investigator
Bryan Bonner, Investigative Counsel
Richard R. Bruno, Senior
Administrative Assistant
Marcus Childress, Investigative
Counsel
John Marcus Clark, Security
Director
Jacqueline N. Colvett, Digital
Director
Heather I. Connelly, Professional
Staff Member
Meghan E. Conroy, Investigator
Heather L. Crowell, Printer
Proofreader
William C. Danvers, Senior
Researcher
Soumyalatha Dayananda, Senior
Investigative Counsel
Stephen W. DeVine, Senior Counsel
Lawrence J. Eagleburger,
Professional Staff Member
Kevin S. Elliker, Investigative
Counsel
Margaret E. Emamzadeh, Staff
Associate
Sadallah A. Farah, Professional
Staff Member
Daniel A. George, Senior
Investigative Counsel
Jacob H. Glick, Investigative
Counsel
Aaron S. Greene, Clerk
Marc S. Harris, Senior
Investigative Counsel
Alice K. Hayes, Clerk
Quincy T. Henderson, Staff
Assistant
Jenna Hopkins, Professional Staff
Member
Camisha L. Johnson, Professional
Staff Member Thomas E. Joscelyn, Senior
Professional Staff Member
Rebecca L. Knooihuizen, Financial
Investigator
Casey E. Lucier, Investigative
Counsel
Damon M. Marx, Professional Staff
Member
Evan B. Mauldin, Chief Clerk
Yonatan L. Moskowitz, Senior
Counsel
Hannah G. Muldavin, Deputy
Communications Director
Jonathan D. Murray, Professional
Staff Member
Jacob A. Nelson, Professional
Staff Member
Elizabeth Obrand, Staff Associate
Raymond O'Mara, Director of
External Affairs
Elyes Ouechtati, Technology
Partner
Robin M. Peguero, Investigative
Counsel
Sandeep A. Prasanna, Investigative
Counsel
Barry Pump, Parliamentarian
Sean M. Quinn, Investigative
Counsel
Brittany M. J. Record, Senior
Counsel
Denver Riggleman, Senior Technical
Advisor
Joshua D. Roselman, Investigative
Counsel
James N. Sasso, Senior
Investigative Counsel
Grant H. Saunders, Professional
Staff Member
Samantha O. Stiles, Chief
Administrative Officer
Sean P. Tonolli, Senior
Investigative Counsel
David A. Weinberg, Senior
Professional Staff Member
Amanda S. Wick, Senior
Investigative Counsel
Darrin L. Williams, Jr., Staff
Assistant
Zachary S. Wood, Clerk
CONTRACTORS & CONSULTANTS
Rawaa Alobaidi
Melinda Arons
Steve Baker
Elizabeth Bisbee
David Canady
John Coughlin
Aaron Dietzen
Gina Ferrise
Angel Goldsborough
James Goldston
Polly Grube
L. Christine Healey
Danny Holladay
Percy Howard
Dean Jackson
Stephanie J. Jones
Hyatt Mamoun
Mary Marsh
Todd Mason
Ryan Mayers
Jeff McBride
Fred Muram
Alex Newhouse
John Norton
Orlando Pinder
Owen Pratt
Dan Pryzgoda
Brian Sasser
William Scherer
Driss Sekkat
Chris Stuart
Preston Sullivan
Brian Young
Innovative Driven
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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House of Representatives,
Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th
Attack on the United States Capitol,
Washington, DC, December 30, 2022.
Hon. Cheryl L. Johnson,
Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Ms. Johnson: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the
Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I hereby transmit
the report on the activities of the Select Committee to
Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
during the 117th Congress.
Sincerely,
Bennie G. Thompson,
Chairman.
Union Calendar No. 508
117th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 117-692
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REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE
JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES DURING THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
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December 30, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, from the Select Committee to Investigate
the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, submitted the
following
R E P O R T
Overview
The House created the Select Committee to Investigate the
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol in House
Resolution 503, adopted on June 30, 2021.
The resolution authorized and directed the Select Committee
to investigate the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to
the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United
States Capitol Complex and issues relating to the interference
with the peaceful transfer of power. The functions of the
Select Committee pursuant to H. Res. 503 are as follows:
(1) investigate the facts, circumstances, and causes
relating to the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol,
including facts and circumstances relating to--
(A) activities of intelligence agencies, law
enforcement agencies, and the Armed Forces, including
with respect to intelligence collection, analysis, and
dissemination and information sharing among the
branches and other instrumentalities of government;
(B) influencing factors that contributed to the
domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and how
technology, including online platforms, financing, and
malign foreign influence operations and campaigns may
have factored into the motivation, organization, and
execution of the domestic terrorist attack on the
Capitol; and
(C) other entities of the public and private sector
as determined relevant by the Select Committee for such
investigation;
(2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the
lessons learned from the domestic terrorist attack on the
Capitol regarding--
(A) the command, control, and communications of the
United States Capitol Police, the Armed Forces, the
National Guard, the Metropolitan Police Department of
the District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and
local law enforcement agencies in the National Capital
Region on or before January 6, 2021;
(B) the structure, coordination, operational plans,
policies, and procedures of the Federal Government,
including as such relate to State and local governments
and nongovernmental entities, and particularly with
respect to detecting, preventing, preparing for, and
responding to targeted violence and domestic terrorism;
(C) the structure, authorities, training, manpower
utilization, equipment, operational planning, and use
of force policies of the United States Capitol Police;
(D) the policies, protocols, processes, procedures,
and systems for the sharing of intelligence and other
information by Federal, State, and local agencies with
the United States Capitol Police, the Sergeants at Arms
of the House of Representatives and Senate, the
Government of the District of Columbia, including the
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of
Columbia, the National Guard, and other Federal, State,
and local law enforcement agencies in the National
Capital Region on or before January 6, 2021, and the
related policies, protocols, processes, procedures, and
systems for monitoring, assessing, disseminating, and
acting on intelligence and other information, including
elevating the security posture of the United States
Capitol Complex, derived from instrumentalities of
government, open sources, and online platforms; and
(E) the policies, protocols, processes, procedures,
and systems for interoperability between the United
States Capitol Police and the National Guard, the
Metropolitan Police Department of the District of
Columbia, and other Federal, State, and local law
enforcement agencies in the National Capital Region on
or before January 6, 2021; and
(3) issue a final report to the House containing such
findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective
measures described in subsection (c) as it may deem necessary.
Legislative and Oversight Activities
The Select Committee has no legislative jurisdiction or
general oversight jurisdiction. Its investigative and oversight
activities are directed to the specific matters charged to it
by the House pursuant to H. Res. 503.
The Select Committee held nine hearings and six business
meetings during the 117th Congress. In furtherance of its
investigative mission, the Select Committee conducted 278
transcribed interviews and depositions, hundreds more informal
interviews, and reviewed more than 630,000 documents provided
by witnesses and government agencies amounting to millions of
pages.
On July 27, 2021, the Select Committee held its first
hearing on the law enforcement experience on January 6th. The
Select Committee received testimony from Sergeant Aquilino A.
Gonell, U.S. Capitol Police; Officer Michael Fanone,
Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC; Officer Daniel
Hodges, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC; and
Officer Harry A. Dunn, U.S. Capitol Police.
On October 19, 2021, the Select Committee held a business
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of
Representatives cite Stephen K. Bannon for criminal contempt of
Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee
Rollcall No. 1). On October 21, 2021, the House considered the
Select Committee's report (H. Rept. 117-153) pursuant to the
provisions of H. Res. 727 and adopted H. Res. 730,
``Recommending that the House of Representatives find Stephen
K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a
subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol,'' by a roll
call vote of 229 yeas and 202 nays (Roll No. 329).
Following House adoption of H. Res. 730, a grand jury
indicted Mr. Bannon on two counts of violating 2 U.S.C. 192
on November 12, 2021; and he was convicted of the same on July
22, 2022. On October 21, 2022, Judge Carl J. Nichols, U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia, sentenced Mr.
Bannon to 4 months of incarceration and imposed a fine of
$6,500.
On December 1, 2021, the Select Committee held a business
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of
Representatives cite Jeffrey B. Clark for criminal contempt of
Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee
Rollcall No. 2). On the same day, the Select Committee filed
its report in the House (H. Rept. 117-200).
On December 13, 2021, the Select Committee held a business
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of
Representatives cite Mark Randall Meadows for criminal contempt
of Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee
Rollcall No. 3). On December 14, 2021, the House considered the
Select Committee's report (H. Rept. 117-216) pursuant to the
provisions of H. Res. 848 and adopted H. Res. 851,
``Recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark
Randall Meadows in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply
with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to
Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States
Capitol,'' by a roll call vote of 222 yeas and 208 nays (Roll
No. 447).
On March 28, 2022, the Select Committee held a business
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of
Representatives cite Peter K. Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr.,
for criminal contempt of Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes
and 0 noes (Committee Rollcall No. 4). On April 6, 2022, the
House considered the Select Committee's report (H. Rept. 117-
284) pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1023 and adopted H.
Res. 1037, ``Recommending that the House of Representatives
find Peter K. Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr., in contempt of
Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by
the Select Committee to investigate the January 6th Attack on
the United States Capitol,'' by a roll call vote of 220 yeas
and 203 nays (Roll No. 118).
Following House adoption of H. Res. 1037, a grand jury
indicted Mr. Navarro on two counts of violating 2 U.S.C. 192
on June 2, 2022. As of publication of this report, Mr. Navarro
is awaiting trial before the U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia.
On June 9, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on the
January 6th investigation and received testimony from Officer
Caroline Edwards, U.S. Capitol Police; and Mr. Nicolas Quested,
documentary filmmaker.
On June 13, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr.
Chris Stirewalt, former Fox News political editor; Mr. Benjamin
Ginsberg, election attorney; the Honorable Byung Jin ``BJay''
Pak, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Georgia; and the Honorable Al Schmidt, former City Commissioner
of Philadelphia.
On June 16, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr.
Gregory F. Jacob, former counsel to Vice President Michael R.
Pence; and the Honorable J. Michael Luttig, retired judge for
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
On June 21, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from the
Honorable Russell Bowers, Speaker, Arizona State House of
Representatives; the Honorable Brad Raffensperger, Georgia
Secretary of State; Mr. Gabriel Sterling, Chief Operating
Officer, Office of the Georgia Secretary of State; and Ms.
Wandrea ArShaye ``Shaye'' Moss, former registration officer,
Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections, Fulton
County, Georgia.
On June 23, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from the
Honorable Jeffrey A. Rosen, former Acting U.S. Attorney General
and Deputy Attorney General; the Honorable Richard Donoghue,
former Acting Deputy Attorney General; and the Honorable Steven
A. Engel, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal
Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice.
On June 28, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Ms.
Cassidy Hutchinson, former Special Assistant to the President
and aide to the White House Chief of Staff.
On July 12, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr.
Jason Van Tatenhove, former Oath Keepers spokesperson; and Mr.
Stephen Ayres, a January 6th defendant.
On July 21, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr.
Matthew Pottinger, former Deputy National Security Advisor; and
Ms. Sarah Matthews, former Deputy Press Secretary and Special
Assistant to the President.
On October 13, 2022, the Select Committee held a business
meeting and adopted Committee Resolution 1, ``Directing the
Chairman to issue a subpoena to Donald J. Trump,'' by a
recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee Rollcall No. 5).
Accordingly, the Chairman of the Select Committee issued a
subpoena for documents and testimony to former President Donald
J. Trump on October 21, 2022.
On December 19, 2022, the Select Committee held a business
meeting and adopted its final report pursuant to section 4(a)
of H. Res. 503 by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes
(Committee Rollcall No. 6). On December 22, 2022, the Select
Committee filed its final report in the House (H. Rept. 117-
663).
Oversight Plan and Actions Taken
Clause 2(d) of rule X of the Rules of the U.S. House of
Representatives is inapplicable to the Select Committee.
Hearings Held
Pursuant to Clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of Rule XI
Clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of rule XI of the Rules of the
U.S. House of Representatives are inapplicable to the Select
Committee.
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